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RE: Diesel engines
Posted by:
Tom Iwanski
()
Date: April 30, 2001 09:32PM
<HTML>To add to this thought:
Around 1987 Detriot Diesel introduced a new family of engines (60-series) that were 4-stroke cycle and computer controlled. This engine has become dominant in trucks due to its reliability and fuel economy. This was a major departure from Detroit\'s famous 2-stroke design, which was a decent engine, but no longer had the cost advantages it once had in the earlier decades (it was cheaper to buy and cheaper to overhaul, mainly because of cost saving engineering that took advantage of many interchangeable parts between different models) The 2-stroke models are still produced, however.
I have never seen a 2 stroke Cummins. I think Clessie Cummins was a 4-stroke purist.
Regards,
Tom
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Around 1987 Detriot Diesel introduced a new family of engines (60-series) that were 4-stroke cycle and computer controlled. This engine has become dominant in trucks due to its reliability and fuel economy. This was a major departure from Detroit\'s famous 2-stroke design, which was a decent engine, but no longer had the cost advantages it once had in the earlier decades (it was cheaper to buy and cheaper to overhaul, mainly because of cost saving engineering that took advantage of many interchangeable parts between different models) The 2-stroke models are still produced, however.
I have never seen a 2 stroke Cummins. I think Clessie Cummins was a 4-stroke purist.
Regards,
Tom
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